Matthew Rowlands
Legal Director
Matt specialises in advising utility companies on major infrastructure schemes, mining companies on managing both their existing estates and the development of new mines. He has for many years advised consortia of oil companies in relation to fuel pipelines alongside his investment and development work.
Matthew's experience
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Advised on the assembly and financing of mineral rights for major mining and infrastructure projects, including options and leases over fragmented mineral estates, subterranean rights, transport tunnel and surface infrastructure interfaces, royalty arrangements and title risk.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised a public sector development corporation on a complex, multi-party land and infrastructure arrangement for a new transport tunnel, including the tunnel lease, property and construction interfaces, pre-emption risk, completion conditions, stakeholder arrangements and registration requirements.
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advised a UK water company on the land assembly and property strategy for a nationally significant reservoir project, including option arrangements, title and occupation investigations, vacant possession strategy and the interface between voluntary acquisition, the DCO process and compulsory acquisition powers.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised a London landowning charity on a complex, combining two mineral extraction sites and the construction of a dam. This created a flood storage area to deliver a bankable, multi party land package and enable a nationally significant flood resilience scheme.
- United Kingdom
- Professional & Public Services
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Advising Tata Steel UK Limited on the ongoing disposal of Teesside Steel Works (approximately 4500 acres of industrial land) to STDL and STDC (government backed development bodies).
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advising Harworth Estates Investments Limited on the disposal of its interests in one of the UK's largest sand and gravel deposits at Meriden, Solihull.
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advised Harworth Estates Investments Limited on the letting of significant parts of one of the UK's largest sand and gravel deposits at Meriden, Solihull. This deal supports infrastructure projects and national glass making requirements and will involve multiple neighbouring parties to maximise the recovery of the aggregates.
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advised Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council on the £35 million redevelopment of the Merseyway Shopping Centre, UK and securing vacant possession from the existing tenants involving approximately 80 leasehold interests varying in size and nature. This included TOGC advice on the acquisition.
- £35m
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Acted for Sirius Minerals in the creation of the world's largest potash mine. This work involved resolving the mines and minerals issues arising from acquiring the mine areas
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Acted in the purchase of one of the world's largest glass factories, Elton Cheshire, for Encirc
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
Credentials
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2005Qualified - England and Wales
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2003Chester College of Law - LPC
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2002Chester College of Law - PGDL (Law Conversion)
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